statement
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English [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Etymology 1 [edit]
Noun [edit]
statement (plural statements)
- A declaration or remark.
- A presentation of opinion or position.
- (finance) A document that summarizes financial activity.
- a bank statement
- (computing) An instruction in a computer program.
Synonyms [edit]
- See also Wikisaurus:statement
Derived terms [edit]
Terms derived from statement
Translations [edit]
declaration or remark
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presentation of opinion or position
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finance: document that summarizes financial activity
computing: instruction in a computer program
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Etymology 2 [edit]
Back-formation from statementing. and statemented
Verb [edit]
statement (third-person singular simple present statements, present participle statementing, simple past and past participle statemented)
- (transitive) To provide an official document of a proposition, especially in the UK a Statement of Special Educational Needs.
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External links [edit]
- statement in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- statement in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911